Reporting on My Tulsi or Holy Basil
I sent off to an Herb farm in Oregon called Horizon Herbs that specializes in medicinal herbs for my Tulsi seed. They sent all three varieties of this Basil. (It is not the same as the "Thai Basil" sold for Thai cuisine.) Tulsi is cultivated for religious and medicinal purposes, and for its essential oil. It is widely known across South Asia as a medicinal plant and an herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda, and has an important role within the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism, in which devotees perform worship involving Tulsi plants or leaves. If you go to Ocimum tenuiflorum by clicking on it's name here you will see a complete write up about it. I am so excited about the Tulsi. You can tell which seed is the hardiest. The Rama Tulsi has developed to 3 inches. The Krishna is the second to grow, then the Vana is the apparent weakest here. In the write up about the Tulsi, the plant is just divided into green and purple leaved. I love basil pl...